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Aji Peruvian Café is a bit of a conundrum. Just when you're about to write the place off after a few deeply freezer-burned orders of empanadas, your waiter shows up with a glass of fresh mango juice so utterly brilliant that it takes your breath away. Bright and sunny, yet with a keen edge of turpentine and a lovely black-pepper bite, it's a simple and elemental thing, and completely arresting. Of course, those empanadas were arresting, too, but for far more felonious reasons." Find out more about Aji Peruvian Café in our review, "
At Aji Peruvian Café, Dining Is a Battle Between Expectations and Reality." PHOTOS BY TROY FIELDS.